To:L. B. KAMENEV

Written:Written December 3, 1912Published:First published in 1964 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 48.

      Sent from Cracow to Paris.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,[1977],

      Moscow,Volume 43,

      pages310b-311a.Translated:Martin Parker and Bernard IsaacsTranscription\Markup:R. CymbalaPublic Domain:Lenin Internet Archive

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Shame—shame—shame!

Nota word forPravdaabout Basle!! What’s the matter??

Youhad five aides and not a single letterfromBasle to
us!!—not a single dispatch toPravda!!

Andwhy didn’t you givemandatesto the “girls” (all those
who were in Basle) when you had my blank mandate?

Yours,Lenin